Religion And The Enlightenment / Edition 1

by James M. Byrne

Overview

Religion was an integral part of almost everyone's daily life in seventeenth and eighteenth century Western Europe. Yet new philosophical ideas were emerging, ideas that became the foundation of our modern world. This book, designed for classroom use, reveals the roots of Enlightenment thought as well as their results, both positive and negative, with special attention to figures such as Descartes, Pascal, Rousseau, and Kant.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664257606
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	07/31/1997
Pages:	268
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.61(d)
Lexile:	1550L (what's this?)

About the Author

James M. Byrne is Professor of Religious Studies and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at St. Michael's College in Burlington, Vermont. He is the author of The Christian Understanding of God Today and God: Thoughts in an Age of Uncertainty.